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I should have mentioned this in the original post. Hit the link above to learn more about the mini-aquaponics system we bought. In short, it comes with everything you need to get a betta tank plus aquaponics starter - just add fish and water. All the chemicals and plant seeds are included. There's even a decent supply of fish food. The spinach seeds we introduced were third party.
Operation Aquaponics - Day 4: Jet is still a picky eater, spitting out most of the food he takes in. Water turbidity increasing. Wheatgrass doing nicely
Operation Aquaponics - Day 3: Jet is a picky eater. Water is already clouding up due to food sinking to bottom of tank, and we put only the tiniest amount of food in. The wheatgrass has broken through.
Operation Aquaponics - Day 2: Here is the growbed on top of the tank. We planted basil, wheatgrass and spinach. Looks like the basil already broke through!
Day one of our indoors aquaponics experiment. Jet, the newest member of our household, is hiding behind Dori's right fin.
A book made to look like a web page. As someone who creates iBooks, I found this a little amusing. With a © of 2003, I'll cut the book a little slack.
Goodness... Thrilling, passionate, inspire, personal, reawaken... those are some of the words I've seen in ads for Nikon's upcoming DF camera. I hope I’m proven wrong, but I don't think this is going to save Nikon in the long run.
I could definitely use a couple of these around the house.
Take control of your online logins and passwords. I have this installed on all my iOS devices and Macs.
Sad news for the photography staff impacted by this move, but it shouldn't be a surprise - the trend line has been easy enough to see.
Speck CandyShell case for iPhone 5.
Having used a number of iPhone cases over the years - from leather belt holsters to integrated battery packs (Mophie*) and everything in between - I knew the specific things I wanted in an iPhone case.
1) Full edge coverage - my last case left a lot of the front edge exposed.
2) Hard shell - mostly so the iPhone can slip easily into and out of my pants pockets. Ever try to pull a silicone encased iPhone out of your jeans pockets?
3) Easy button access - my last case had cut-outs for the buttons, so they ended up being recessed, making button manipulation difficult.
4) Shock absorption - ideal case would have some kind of impact absorbing material. Hard to find in a pure hardshell style case.
5) Relatively slim/lightweight - since I carry my iPhone in my pocket, I quickly ruled out the really chunky cases like the one from Otterbox.
So, I bought the Speck CandyShell on my last trip to the Apple Store. At $34.95, it's one of the pricier options, but the construction is definitely a notch above others I've owned.
Like a motorcycle helmet, the outer shell spreads point impact across a larger surface while the rubber interior cushions the blow.
Since the majority of the case is polycarbonate, it meets my criteria for easy access to/from my pants pockets. (Speck makes a variant of this case - CandyShell Grip - which adds more grippy material to the back). The raised rubber lip on the front doesn't get in the way too much. On the other hand, it does offer enough grip to keep my iPhone wedged above the sun visor in my car for those times I'm listening to podcasts on the road. On that note, the speaker is loud and clear through the perforated bottom edge.
The buttons stand proud of the case, just enough to make button actuation really easy without getting in the way. Great responsiveness, unlike some of the silicone cases I've used before.
I've only destroyed one iPhone from a drop - most accidents usually result in dinged up bezels. I think the iPhone will go largely unscathed through most typical drops/accidents. So far, this is looking like the best case I've every bought for an iPhone, at least for the qualities that are important to me.
*While convenient for adding significantly to your battery life, I don't think I'm going to buy integrated battery cases any longer. Their expensive and bulky, and as the phones physically change, I can't see myself buying new Mophie like cases every time I replace my phone. A separate battery pack is where I'm headed.
Had a large group photo today, so I brought my big Nikon (CF cards - Eye-Fi wasn't an option). I was so hoping this would work. Bummer....
The Eye-Fi card has been on the market for a while, but I rarely felt the need to upload photos in the field beyond pix I took with my iPhone (and that's as friction free as you can get for sharing photos right away). Any photos requiring a DSLR also deserved attention in Aperture for both organizing and post production. I'd used the full size iPads and Apple's Camera Connection kit to do some field capture and sharing of DSLR snaps, but it often seemed more trouble than it was worth if I wasn't on a specific job. Besides carrying the iPad and dongle, I would be carrying a sizable camera outfit, especially if I wanted to use good glass. Enter the GH2 with 14-35mm f/2.8, iPad mini and Eye-Fi card. High production value in a tiny kit. Above is one of my first shots with the GH2. For travel and live event coverage, this combo would be hard to beat in terms of capability, quality of images and speed to upload for the size. I'm bringing this kit to the PRiMO 2013 conference this week and hope to share some quality images from the event. Even Steve would probably approve. :-)
Discovered a really handy feature in Safari (version 6.0.2) and iPhoto '11 (version 9.4.2) today. I'm searching for Creative Commons licensed images on Flickr for a client project using Apple's Safari web browser. Right click on an image and you get the option to save to your iPhoto library (ok, old hat). But, if the photo contributor properly embedded a description and tags, that information is also imported into your iPhoto library. Otherwise, you have to manually add that info.
This is a great time saver, especially if you need to cite your photos/sources. It can be really cumbersome to collect and properly catalog a lot of photos for a project without an application like iPhoto. Can you imagine dragging files into folders and logging the image names, photographer, source, etc. in a separate document?
Another very useful tool in this process is TextExpander. Instead of typing "Creative Commons" repeatedly, I just added a shortcut called a "snippet" that auto-completes the phrase "Creative Commons" any time I type cC.
Couple of Flickr observations: 1) DoD photographers (public affairs teams) tend to do a good job of embedding useful metadata. 2) DoD togs tend to use Nikon.
iBooks Author content questions
Got a couple of questions from HJ, one of the attendees from my iBooks Author seminar, about image sizes and content guidelines. Check out the links below for more detail. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5117 (As for content guidelines, I am not aware of anything specific for iBooks, but the App Store content guidelines would probably serve as a good proxy.) https://developer.apple.com/appstore/guidelines.html
Thanks to Dan Wilkerson from LunaMetrics for taking the time to detail all of the popular social media photo dimensions! I don't usually think much about how social media sites are going to scale or frame the casual photos that I share. But, if you're ever wondering how to crop your images so they'll look their best, review Dan's post to learn more. This is definitely getting saved in my Evernote library.
iBooks Author Demonstration at Pacific New Media - 12/6/12 7pm
UH Outreach College, Pacific New Media, will be hosting me on Thursday, Dec 6 for a presentation on Apple's iBooks Author application. l'll be demonstrating how to use iBooks Author to design next-generation digital books for the iPad.
http://www.outreach.hawaii.edu/pnm/programs/2012/EVENT-EV0012344L.asp